Strauss' transliteration of Nietzsche
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- Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024
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Today we are presenting an analysis of a passage from Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra. In this brief movement, Strauss makes extensive use of his large harmonic palette including augmented sixths, linear chords, distant modulations, and mediant transformations.
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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: II. Von den Hinterweltlern
Recording: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
DISCLAIMER: Also sprach Zarathustra was written in 1883 and not 1833 as it displays at the end of the video. Apologies!
"In which key are you in?"
Strauss: "Yes!"
Haha, but in this way, they actually manage to compose some of the most touching music ever (Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Mahler as well :)
The orchestration of this section is amazing, but almost hilariously over-the-top. Strauss at his best.
this section in particular is my fav of this work. love your videos!
Glad you like them! Thanks for the feedback.
Strauss' chromaticism is so beautiful that it takes me to somewhere heaven-like place. Thank you for your great analysis, as always.
Many thanks for your feedback!
I'm so happy you did an analysis on this! This is my all-time favourite moment in the classical repertoire. Great work as always!
We are so grateful you wrote this back to us! Thank you!
I wish I'd had access to analysis videos like this when I was teaching myself harmony
Great video as always... This piece reminded me of Metamorphosen, also by Strauss, and like this one a very interesting piece to analyze harmonically. Constantly fluctuating tonality and a whole assortment of modulation tricks.
Thanks Andrew ;)
at 1:22 the Aflat turns the chord into a Ger. 6+ in C minor.
Well spotted!
Great stuff ! Juste a little correction the book was written in 1883 not 1833. Cheers !
Oh dear! Of course! That was a typing error, I’ll put it on the description. Thank you!
amazing
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Hello, love this video, it brought me to tears
Which recording is this, specifically? I see a RUclips recording of a live performance dated 2020 and an album released 2023 (R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra & Metamorphosen) from Concertgebouw / Jansons
Or did you perform any additional processing on the audio from one of these two? I ask because here when the strings enter they sound "fuller" (almost like they are playing tutti), whereas in the other recordings I listed + those from other recordings it doesn't have the same effect (and as a result, I keep returning here ;) )
It's in the Video Description.
@@Quotenwagnerianer Right, Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, - Recording: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons. And there is a live version of this orchestra/director performing this on RUclips from 2020 as well as a recording from 2023 and both sound different to this snippet
Hi! The audio we use is from the live performance, recorded on 10 May 2012 in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
I think the Credo is a quote from Bach’s Mass in B minor.
That's right, and same pitches too! Strauss liked to make quotations.
@@-MomentsMusicaux- No. It's straight Gregorian. It's the incipit of Credos I, II and IV.
Where did you find this reduction?
On IMSLP.
Butter
have you considered doing Scriabin?
Of course! We will share a beautiful miniature from the Op. 45 soon.
@@-MomentsMusicaux- that’s great! Love your videos!
@@-MomentsMusicaux-Scriabin 😮 I’m really looking forward to it!!
God is dead.
He will remain dead.